Contract negotiations are still a drag for Smith, who has, at times, allowed the talks to drag on a bit too long.

The talks dragged into the fall, and the union threatened to strike during the peak holiday season.

Still, they cautioned that it was possible the talks could drag on or collapse entirely.

These talks, in a bucolic setting 70 miles from Washington, have dragged on since Thursday.

The talks dragged on through the end of the year.

The talks have dragged on since the summer.

But many others said the talks could drag on until the summer.

For the last three years, talks have dragged on inconclusively in New York.

Salem was fed up, but the financial talks dragged on and on.

But as the talks dragged into the afternoon, his office canceled the address.